The 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11/3, 3/11, M-11 and 11-M) were a series of coordinated terrorist bombings against the commuter train system of Madrid, Spain on the morning of 11 March 2004, which killed 191 people and wounded 1,460. 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings - Summary. The 11 March 2004 attacks consisted of a series of ten explosions that occurred at the height of the Madrid rush hour aboard four commuter trains (Cercanías in Spain). Thir ...

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Spain's Socialists scored a dramatic upset in elections 14 March, scoring an upset by defeating the Popular Party. It is believed that the result was widely attributed to anger amongst voters that the government was not, in their view, being honest about the investigation of the attacks, while initially blaming the attack on ETA. The government had insisted that its prime suspect in the bombings was ETA, even as evidence mounted of an Islamic l ...

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This article talks about the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Some of the most important issues are listed here. The news shocked the world. Men and women wept openly. People watched the television coverage in stores (or at the nearest television set), while others followed the news on the internet. The event left a lasting impression on many Americans. The question, "Where were you on September 11, 2001?" has become a common topic of discussion, and will be for years to come. Aftermath of the S ...

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In 1995, the GIA Islamist militant group staged a series of attacks against the French public, targeting public transportation. These attacks killed 8 and injured more than 100. Apparently, the attacks were designed to be a broadening of the civil war in Algeria, a former French colony. On July 25, 1995, a gas bottle exploded in station Saint Michel of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). 8 were killed and 80 wounded. On August 17, a bomb at the Arc de Triomphe wounded 17 people. On August 26, a huge bomb wa ...

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Following the attacks, initial suspicions focused on the Basque armed separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna ("Basque Fatherland and Liberty") or ETA, although suggestions that the Islamist organisation al-Qaida was responsible were also immediately advanced. These suggestions were strengthened when a van was found parked outside the rail station at Alcalá de Henares, containing audio tapes of verses of the Qur'an, as well as clothes, cell phones and copper detonators. Furthermore, forensic analysis of an undetonated bomb found in a ...

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Protest turnout 11,400,000 (out of 40,000,000) Image:Flag spain black ribbon.png Flag of Spain with the black ribbon of national grief 11 March/Madrid: We do not forget you. In the wake of the attacks, Prime Minister Aznar declared three days of national mourning. Flags were lowered to half-mast and all television stations displayed a logo of a black ribbon. The European Parliament declared 11 March a memorial day to commemorate the victims of ...

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11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings - Social. On 12 March the Spanish went out to the street to protest against the bombings. More than 2 million people (out of a 4 million population) got together at Madrid's streets screaming: "not everyone is here, 200 are missing, we will never forget you". The rest of Spain and many cities from all over the world also came to the street: ...

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In the afternoon of 13 March 2004, seven suspects were arrested around Madrid in connection with the sale and falsification of a cellphone and pre-paid card found inside the unexploded backpack found at El Pozo station. Three of them were described as Moroccan citizens, two as Indian citizens, and two as Spaniards of Indian origin. The two Spaniards were picked up for questioning and were not formally arrested, but remained in custody the next day and were released two days later. The three Moroccans were identified as Jamal Zougam, 30; Moha ...

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On 19 March 2004, Spanish authorities publicly accused, for the first time, three Moroccans of direct involvement in the attacks. Spanish judge Juan del Olmo charged Jamal Zougam, Mohamed Bekkali and Mohamed Chaoui with 190 murders (those of bodies identified at the time), 1,400 attempted murders, and membership of a terrorist group. The three Moroccans claimed in court that they were at home in bed when the bombs went off and denied having anything to do with the attacks. Two Indian men, Vinay Kohly and Suresh Kumar, were ch ...

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Spanish leaders across the political spectrum responded to the attacks by reaffirming democratic values. They also asserted that terrorists must not be allowed to achieve policy change through killings; a stance that is reiterated after every violent ETA action in Spain. In a press conference on 12 March, Prime Minister Aznar, while not discarding any line of investigation regarding the perpetrators, said that "this is not the time" to discuss past foreign policy decisions. He also announced 140 million euros in aid to victims, grante ...

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11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings - Social. On 12 March the Spanish went out to the street to protest against the bombings. More than 2 million people (out of a 4 million population) got together at Madrid's streets screaming: "we are not everyone, there are 200 left, we will never forget you". The rest of Spain and many cities from all over the world also came to the street: ...

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The 11 March 2004 attacks consisted of a series of ten explosions that occurred at the height of the Madrid rush hour aboard four commuter trains (Cercanías in Spain). Thirteen improvised explosive devices were reported to have been used, all but three of which detonated. The attacks were the deadliest assault by a terrorist organisation against civilians in Europe since the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and the worst terrorist assault in modern Spanish history. The number of victims in this attack far surpassed Spain's previous w ...

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Although ETA has a history of mounting bomb attacks in Madrid, planting delayed-action bombs to kill rescue workers and using booby traps (such as explosives in wallets), as well as also having attempted to attack trains, the 11 March attacks were on a scale far exceeding anything previously attempted by a European terrorist organisation. This has led some to point out that the tactics used were more typical of Islamic militant extremist groups. Observers have also noted that ETA customarily issues warnings before its mass bombings and that ...

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The explosions occurred during the morning rush hour, targeting a busy commuter rail line that runs just south of downtown Madrid. Four bombs (planted at the front, middle, and rear of a single train) exploded at 7:39 at Atocha station, and three bombs planted on a single train went off simultaneously just outside of Téllez street, near Atocha station. Two more bombs on one train detonated at 7:41 at El Pozo del Tío Raimundo station. One further bomb expl ...

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The 11 March 2004 attacks consisted of a series of ten explosions that occurred at the height of the Madrid rush hour aboard four commuter trains (Cercanías in Spain). Thirteen improvised explosive devices were reported to have been used, all but three of which detonated. The attacks were the deadliest assault by a terrorist organisation against civilians in Europe since the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 and the worst terrorist assault in modern Spanish history. The number of victims in this attack far surpassed Spain's previous w ...

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Although ETA has a history of mounting bomb attacks in Madrid, planting delayed-action bombs to kill rescue workers and using booby traps (such as explosives in wallets), as well as also having attempted to attack trains, the 11 March attacks were on a scale far exceeding anything previously attempted by a European terrorist organisation. This has led some to point out that the tactics used were more typical of Islamic militant extremist groups. Observers have also noted that ETA customarily issues warnings before its mass bombings and that ...

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Aftermath of the September 11 2001 attacks - March. Monday, March 11, 2002 On the six-month anniversary of the attack, numerous ceremonies of remembrance take place. Huffman Aviation receives a letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service saying that Mohamed Atta al Sayed and Marwan al-Shehhi had been approved for student visas to study there. The Tribute in Light project begins. The project goes for a month and is re-launched on September 11, 2003, to mark the second anniversary of the attack. ...

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Aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks - March. Monday, March 11, 2002 On the six-month anniversary of the attack, numerous ceremonies of remembrance take place. Huffman Aviation receives a letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service saying that Mohamed Atta al Sayed and Marwan al-Shehhi had been approved for student visas to study there. The Tribute in Light project begins. The project goes for a month and is re-launched on September 11, 2003, to mark the second anniversary of the attack. ...

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